It is not too much of an exaggeration to think Malaysia is one of the countries that is often hit by political turmoil. The most devastating, dark, and worst riot in history in its post-independence history was the racial unrest of 1969.

That era even led to bloody clashes that resulted in death among ethnic groups. The bloody tragedy was traumatic and forced all elements of society to prevent it from happening again.

In fact, the UMNO government set an important policy in the economic field, "New Economic Policy" to ensure that Malay tribes are no longer excluded, as experienced so far. Racial injustice is indeed the trigger and Malay tribes become victims.

After the tragedy of 1969, several political conflicts occurred, but it can still be controlled. Among other things, the sacking of Anwar Ibrahim from UMNO and from the post of deputy prime minister (PM) due to conflicts with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad over the 1998 economic crisis.

Anwar was jailed, among other things, on sodomy charges. This provoked a backlash and inspired to strengthen the reform movement, with the emergence of a new pkr party and strengthening the opposition.

The controversy was even born among UMNO due to pm Najib Razak's mega-corruption scandal. Mahathir quit UMNO and led a new political movement demanding Najib step down. The climax of the 2018 election, Mahathir and Anwar Ibrahim were in coalition. Mahathir became prime minister.

Another row arose after Mahathir resigned as PRIME Minister in 2020, due to a dispute in parliament and the dissolution of the Pakatan Harapan coalition. This utilized Muhyiddin (UMNO) by creating a new coalition and successfully taking the pm's seat without elections.

Since then, several steps have been taken by political opponents such as Anwar Ibrahim to bring down Muhyiddin's government through a motion in parliament. This attempt failed. Muhyiddin's government saved Covid-19.

Politics of Covid-19

The first wave of Covid-19 politically saved Muhyiddin's government. The opposition stopped trying to bring down the government. The Dipertuan Agung warned that the government and the public are serious about dealing with Covid-19.

Among the important steps to deal with Covid-19 is lockdown with very strict controls. Successfully lowering new cases of Covid-19 across the country and improving the cure of infections, Malaysia briefly loosened the lockdown.

However, Malaysia has faced difficulties since the easing so that entering 2021, Covid-19 cases skyrocketed especially after the entry of delta variants.

Amid restrictions on national-scale activities from May 10 to June 7, 2021, Daily Malaysian cases reached 7,000 and deaths from Covid-19 increased by 59 people in one day. This is suspected to be triggered by elections in Sabah in September 2020.

Since then, from October 2020 to February 2021, the trend of cases has slowly increased until May and June 2021. The Supreme Court declared an emergency situation from February to August 2021.

According to some sources, seeing the situation deteriorate, the Supreme Court ordered the lockdown to resume. However, Muhyiddin lifted the lockdown on August 1, 2021. This sparked opposition and UMNO condemnation, let alone the repeal did not pass through parliament.

Muhyiddin was judged to betray the Great Dipertuan. Therefore, he had to resign his office. De facto, Muhyiddin has lost his political legitimacy. The question is, will Muhyiddin step down or survive?

If Muhyiddin resigns, the Supreme Court appoints an interim PM and prepares for an expedited election. However, if he did not want to resign, the Supreme Court was authorized to intervene by removing Muhyiddin.

The trick, among others, calls political figures or all lawmakers to be asked for their views to get a picture of the figure, which is supported by a majority of lawmakers to replace Muhyiddin.

Another way, an emergency session of parliament by voting. Therefore, it looks as strong as any support to dissolve the government and form a new government through a new coalition scheme.

Who has the opportunity to replace Muhyiddin? One of the most likely is Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the opposition. He has the support of 107 MPs and needs an additional six to 113.

However, it is not yet clear what support for Anwar. Anwar's capital is currently 91 seats (PKR, DAP, Amanah Party). If lawmakers from UMNO give their full support, Anwar gets an additional 38 votes to reach 129 supporters.

The question is, does UMNO support Anwar or ask the umno leader (Zahid Hamidi) to be PM? This was not easy either because UMNO needed the support of 93 people outside 91 Of Anwar's supporters.

The 93 parliamentarians will be up for grabs by Anwar and Zahid Hamidi. However, it is also not yet clear. For sure, Muhyiddin began to lose his political legitimacy and stayed waiting for the right time to come down.